IP Library Granted Patent US 7,537,168
Granted Patent B2
US 7,537,168 · App. 11/753,855 · Granted May 26, 2009

Promotional assembly

Assignee: The Meyers Printing Companies, Inc.
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Patent No.
US 7,537,168
App. No.
11/753,855
Granted
May 26, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

A promotional sheet assembly assembleable from components of a single material web processed in a multi-station press is provided. The assembly includes opposing surfaces bearing printed information and/or indicia thereon, and a consumer premium delimited by one or more of visible, revealable, and/or machine readable information.

Claims (25)

1. A promotional article comprising coextensive first and second panels selectively and directly united to and with each other,

a. said first panel having first and second surfaces, said first surface of said first panel defining a first exterior surface for the promotional article, said second surface of said first panel including at least a single information field containing information, and,

b. said second panel having first and second surfaces, and an area overlaying an information field of said at least a single information field of said second surface of said first panel, said first surface of said second panel defining a second exterior surface for the promotional article, said second surface of said second panel being immediately adjacent said second surface of said first panel, said area overlaying an information field of said at least a single information field of said second surface of said first panel adapted such that select manipulation of said area overlaying an information field of said at least a single information field reveals information of said at least a single information field containing information underlying same.

2. The promotional article of claim 1 wherein said first and second panels comprise substantially identical material.

3. The promotional article of claim 1 wherein said first and second panels originate from a single sheet material.

4. The promotional article of claim 1 wherein said first and second panels comprise card stock.

5. The promotional article of claim 1 wherein said second surface of said first panel includes a further information field of said at least a single information field containing information.

6. The promotional article of claim 5 wherein said further information field is visible via a cut-out of said second panel.

7. The promotional article of claim 1 wherein said second surface of said first panel includes a further information field of said at least a single information field containing information, said further information field adjacent to said information field of said at least a single information field containing information.

8. The promotional article of claim 7 wherein said further information field is visible via a cut-out of said second panel.

9. The promotional article of claim 1 wherein selective union of coextensive first and second panels delimits a compartment for housing a machine readable data storage article.

10. The promotional article of claim 1 further comprising a compartment for housing a machine readable data storage article between portions of said first and second panels.

11. The promotional article of claim 10 wherein said compartment is accessible via an edge of the article.

12. The promotional article of claim 10 wherein said second panel includes a relief area permitting displacement of a portion of said second panel in furtherance of receipt and retention of the machine readable data storage article in said compartment.

13. The promotional article of claim 12 wherein said relief area is delimited by opposingly paired slits.

14. The promotional article of claim 12 wherein said second panel includes a cut-out to permit viewing of a portion of the machine-readable data storage article housed within said compartment.

15. The promotional article of claim 12 wherein said second panel includes an elongate cut-out to permit viewing of an edge portion of the machine-readable data storage article housed within said compartment.

16. The promotional article of claim 1 further comprising a line of weakness through the panels of the article so as to define a disintegratable promotional subassembly.

17. The promotional article of claim 16 wherein said disintegratable promotional subassembly is configured to meet ISO specifications for transaction cards.

18. The promotional article of claim 16 wherein said disintegratable promotional subassembly comprises a transaction card.

19. The promotional article of claim 18 wherein said transaction card includes said portion of said second panel overlaying an information field of said at least a single information field.

20. The promotional article of claim 18 wherein said transaction card includes a machine-readable information field containing machine-readable information.

21. The promotional article of claim 18 wherein said disintegratable promotional subassembly further comprises a key fob separable from said transaction card.

22. The promotional article of claim 16 wherein said disintegratable promotional subassembly comprises a line of weakness delimiting detachable elements.

23. The promotional article of claim 22 wherein said detachable elements comprise a transaction card and a key fob.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 25, 2007
From: ANDERSON, TIMM R.; MEIS, JAMES R.; CYGAN, ROBERT J.; LUND, LEE R.; RICE, FRANKLIN R.; MADSON, KENT A.; TEMPLE, GREGG R.; MOFFETT, MATTHEW J.
To: THE MEYERS PRINTING COMPANIES, INC.
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Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 6080317600 · May 25, 2006
Related Publication 20070278293A1 · Dec 6, 2007